Dictionary entry details
• THINK OF (verb)
Meaning:
Keep in mind for attention or consideration
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
think of; remember
Context examples:
Remember the Alamo / Remember to call your mother every day! / Think of the starving children in India!
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "think of"):
bear in mind; mind (keep in mind)
retain (keep in one's mind)
keep note (maintain in the forefront of one's awareness)
characterise; characterize; qualify (describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Meaning:
Look on as or consider
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
take to be; repute; regard as; look upon; look on; esteem; think of
Context examples:
she looked on this affair as a joke / He thinks of himself as a brilliant musician / He is reputed to be intelligent
Hypernyms (to "think of" is one way to...):
believe; conceive; consider; think (judge or regard; look upon; judge)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Take into consideration, have in view
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
toy with; flirt with; think about; entertain; think of
Context example:
He entertained the notion of moving to South America
Hypernyms (to "think of" is one way to...):
contemplate (consider as a possibility)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s VERB-ing
Meaning:
Intend to refer to
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
have in mind; think of; mean
Context examples:
I'm thinking of good food when I talk about France / Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!
Hypernyms (to "think of" is one way to...):
associate; colligate; connect; link; link up; relate; tie in (make a logical or causal connection)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "think of"):
advert; bring up; cite; mention; name; refer (make reference to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Devise or invent
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
dream up; think up; hatch; concoct; think of
Context examples:
He thought up a plan to get rich quickly / no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software
Hypernyms (to "think of" is one way to...):
create by mental act; create mentally (create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "think of"):
idealise; idealize (form ideals)
cook up; fabricate; invent; make up; manufacture (make up something artificial or untrue)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
Did he think of his major works over a short period of time?
Meaning:
Choose in one's mind
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Context example:
Think of any integer between 1 and 25
Hypernyms (to "think of" is one way to...):
choose; pick out; select; take (pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
